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Indictment: Carlsbad man used social media to solicit minor

UPDATE: Kyle Doty, 23, has been indicted in a case involving a 16-year-old girl receiving inappropriate images through SnapChat, according to court documents.

On Sept. 5, 2019, police met with a 16-year-old girl in the 3800 block of Millbrook Drive. The girl told officers that she had received "a series" of sexually explicit messages, including videos, from an adult through SnapChat, according to an affidavit.

The messages began in late August 2019 and the girl told the man she was a minor, but the messages continued through Sept. 5, records state. The account was deleted Sept. 6, 2019, one day after the girl's parent confronted him on Facebook and told him police would be notified.

Police discovered an Instagram with the man's name, which was linked with the SnapChat account. They sent a preservation request to SnapChat on Oct. 9, 2019. Snap Inc. sent police the account materials Nov. 11, 2019.

Officers reviewed the materials, which confirmed the man had used the account to send sexual images to the girl.

An indictment, filed March 5, 2020, charged Doty with online solicitation of a minor. This is a third degree felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Doty was released from Tom Green County Jail on Feb. 28, 2020, according to online jail records.

ORIGINAL STORY: A Carlsbad man was arrested Wednesday, less than 7 hours after police posted a wanted poster about him on Facebook.

At 11:54 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019 the San Angelo police posted on social media they were looking for a man suspected of online solicitation of a minor and nine other city warrants, according to the post.

The post identified the man as Kyle Blair Doty and stated he might be working in the oilfield industry and might be armed. Police also asked for people who may have been victimized by the man to come forward, according to the post.

Kyle Blair Doty, 24, of Carlsbad, turned himself in about 6:35 p.m. the same day and was taking into custody at the Tom Green County jail, according to a San Angelo Police Department news release and online jail records. He was arrested on suspicion of online solicitation of a minor and remained in jail in lieu of a $50,000 bond as of 8:30 a.m. Thursday.